--------------------------- Global-Mean Precipitation --------------------------- Year Annual 5-Yr Mean --------------------------- 1901 2.62 * 1902 2.49 * 1903 2.59 2.56 1904 2.56 2.56 1905 2.55 2.58 1906 2.59 2.58 1907 2.59 2.60 1908 2.60 2.61 1909 2.65 2.60 1910 2.63 2.59 1911 2.55 2.58 1912 2.53 2.56 1913 2.55 2.54 1914 2.51 2.57 1915 2.58 2.59 1916 2.67 2.59 1917 2.66 2.60 1918 2.54 2.60 1919 2.56 2.60 1920 2.58 2.59 1921 2.65 2.60 1922 2.63 2.60 1923 2.58 2.60 1924 2.57 2.58 1925 2.55 2.57 1926 2.55 2.57 1927 2.61 2.56 1928 2.56 2.56 1929 2.55 2.56 1930 2.51 2.56 1931 2.58 2.57 1932 2.57 2.58 1933 2.61 2.59 1934 2.62 2.60 1935 2.57 2.60 1936 2.61 2.61 1937 2.59 2.61 1938 2.63 2.60 1939 2.62 2.59 1940 2.54 2.59 1941 2.57 2.59 1942 2.59 2.57 1943 2.61 2.59 1944 2.56 2.59 1945 2.63 2.61 1946 2.57 2.61 1947 2.66 2.62 1948 2.61 2.63 1949 2.63 2.64 1950 2.69 2.64 1951 2.61 2.64 1952 2.64 2.66 1953 2.65 2.66 1954 2.69 2.68 1955 2.70 2.68 1956 2.72 2.67 1957 2.64 2.66 1958 2.60 2.65 1959 2.62 2.64 1960 2.65 2.64 1961 2.67 2.65 1962 2.68 2.66 1963 2.63 2.65 1964 2.68 2.64 1965 2.58 2.64 1966 2.66 2.64 1967 2.64 2.63 1968 2.64 2.65 1969 2.64 2.65 1970 2.68 2.64 1971 2.67 2.67 1972 2.57 2.68 1973 2.78 2.70 1974 2.72 2.69 1975 2.77 2.71 1976 2.62 2.69 1977 2.64 2.67 1978 2.68 2.64 1979 2.65 2.66 1980 2.63 2.65 1981 2.72 2.63 1982 2.57 2.64 1983 2.60 2.64 1984 2.67 2.61 1985 2.63 2.61 1986 2.62 2.63 1987 2.55 2.64 1988 2.70 2.64 1989 2.68 2.63 1990 2.64 2.63 1991 2.57 2.60 1992 2.53 2.58 1993 2.57 2.58 1994 2.59 2.60 1995 2.63 2.60 1996 2.66 2.63 1997 2.57 2.65 1998 2.67 2.67 1999 2.74 * 2000 2.69 * ---------------------------